Folding table.



No. 69!,l94. Patented Jan. l4, I902. S. M. SNOOK.

FOLDING TABLE.

(Application filed May 3, 1901.)

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No. 69l,|94. Patented Ian. l4, I902. s. m. SNOUK.

FOLDING TABLE.

(Application filed May 3, 1901 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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SIMON M. SNOOK, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

- FOLDING TABLE.

SFECIFIGATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,194, dated January 14, 1902. Application filed May 3,1901. Serial No. 58,615. (No model.)

To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON M. SNOOK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Folding Table, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to folding tables such as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States No. 665,761, granted to me on January 8, 1901.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved folding table arranged to be very firm when set up and adapted to permit the user to conveniently fold and store it in a comparatively small space.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement extended or set up. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the improvement folded. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of the feet at the lower ends of the parts of the reach, and Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of the same.

The improved folding table consists, essentially, of crossed legs A A, adapted to removably support a table-top B, of any desired shape, preferably, however, in the form of an ironing-table, as illustrated in the drawings. The legs A A are provided with upper crossbars A A carrying at their inner faces brackets G C, on which are pivoted the upper ends of parts D D of a reach D, having the lower ends of the parts connected with each other by a transverse pivot E. This pivot E is also engaged by braces F F, extending upwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, when the table is extended to connect with brackets G G, attached to the tops of the lower cross-bars A A of the legs A A. Each of the braces F F is made in two sections F 1 pivotally connected with each other by a pivot F and on the section F a short distance outward from the pivot F is arranged a stop-pin F adapted to engage a recess F in the under side of the section F so that when the braces are extended,as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, then the sections F F are in alinement, and a further downward movement of the sections is prevented by said stop-pin F engaging the top wall of the recess F By the arrangement described the sections F F may be closed or swung upward when folding the table, the stop-pin F finally engaging a second recess F in the under side of the section F and inward from the pivot F,- as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 3 and 4.

On the lower ends of the parts D D at the pivot E are secured feet H H, arranged in such a manner that when the table is folded then the bases of said feet H H rest on the floor or other support, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4. By reference to said Fig. 4 it will further be seen that the feet H H extend outwardly in opposite directions, so as to give a fairly broad base for properly supporting the table in an up right position.

The legs A A are adapted to be fastened together when the table is in a folded position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and for this purpose one of the legs carries a hook I and the other an eye I, so that when the hook I engages the eye I,as shown in Fig. 4.,then the several parts, with the exception of the table-top B, are securely locked together.

In order to hold the table-top B against longitudinal displacement on the cross-bars A A the said top B is provided with a pin 13, engaging aZcorresponding recess on one of the cross-bars A or A On the under side of the table-top B is secured a hook J, adapted to hook upon the joint between the crossing parts of a leg A ar A, as is plainly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, so that the table-top Bis secured to said leg, and the lower edge thereof rests on the fioorthat is, is even with the bases of the feet H Hit being understood that the hook J is located such a distance from the end of the table-top as to swing the lower end thereof to the floor, as will be readil y understood by reference to Figs. 3 and 4c.

Each of the reach parts D D is preferably constructed of two spaced bars, as is plainly indicated in the drawings; but I do not limit myself to this particular construction, it being, however, understood that by having the parts D D each made of two bars and having a foot H arranged on the inside of one of the bars of the part D and the other foot H secured on a bar of the part D it is evident that such feet form spacing-blocks for the sections F of the braces F F to allow said braces to pass between the bars of the parts D D when the table is folded. (See dotted lines in Fig. 4.) The section F of each of the braces F F is made in two parts, the section F extending between the two parts of the section F, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1. By the arrangement described thetable when set up is very firm and when folded permits the parts to fold very compactly, so that the folded table takes up comparatively little room.

When the table isin an extended position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and the operator desires to fold the table, then the top B is first lifted off the cross-bars A A and the operator takes hold of the cross-bars with her hands, and by pressing with one foot against the under side of the brace F the latter will open upward to permit of moving the leg A and the reach part D together, after which the operator presses with one foot in an upward direction on the under side of the brace F, so as to open the latter and allow the leg A and the reach part D to move together and at the same time fold the bars of the reach parts one behind the other, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4. The operator now takes the hook I and hooks the same over the eye 1, after which the hook J of the table-top Bis engaged with one of the legs A or A, as previously explained, so that the several parts of the table are connected with each other, and the entire device can be conveniently set in a corner or other suitable storage-place.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A folding table, comprising a pair of legs, each leg being provided with alower cross-bar, a reach-pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, said reach being made in parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, and braces pivoted to said cross-bars and to said reach parts at the pivot, each brace being made in sections pivotally connected with each other, as set forth.

2. Afoldingt-able,comprisingapairoflegs, each leg being provided withalower cross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, said reach being made in parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, and braces pivoted to said cross-bars and to said reach parts at the pivot, each brace being made in sections pivotally connected with each other, the pivotal connection of the braces being arranged to open up on an upward pressure and to prevent the sections from opening downward when the table is extended, as set forth.

3. A folding table, comprisinga pair of legs, each leg being provided with a lowercross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, said reach being madein parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, and braces pivoted to said cross-bars and to said reach parts at the pivot, each brace being made in sections pivotally connected with each other, one of the sections having a stop-pin spaced from the sectionpivot and adapted to engage a recess in the other section and hold the sections against downward opening when the table is extended, as set forth.

4. A folding table, comprising a pair of legs, each leg being provided with a lower cross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, said reach being made in parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, and braces pivoted to said cross-bars and to said reach parts at the pivot, each brace being made in sections pivotally connected with each other, one of the sections carrying a stop-pin to engage recesses in the other section, the recesses being located at opposite sides of the pivot for the sections, as set forth.

5. Afoldingtable,comprisingapairoflegs, each leg having a lower cross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, the reach being made in parts each comprising two spaced bars, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, braces connecting the legs with the pivot of the reach and formed in sections pivotally connected and feet on said reach parts at said pivot and forming spacing-blocks to permit the braces to pass between the bars of the reach parts when the table is folded, the said feet being adapted when the parts are folded to swing into position to support the table, as set forth.

6. Afolding table, comprisingapair of legs, each leg having a lower cross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, the reach being made in parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, feet on said reach parts at said pivots and extending outwardly in opposite directions from the reach parts, the feet being adapted when the parts are folded to swing into position to support the table, and a lockin g device for look ing the legs togetherand holding the several parts in place to allow the device to rest on said feet, as set forth.

7. A folding table, comprising a pair of legs, each leg having a lower cross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, and feeton said reach parts at said pivot, said feet extending outwardly in opposite directions from the reach parts and adapted when the parts are folded to swing into position to support the table, as set forth.

8. A folding table, comprising a pair of crossed legs, each leg having a lower cross bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, the reach being made in parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other at their lower ends, feet on said reach parts at said pivot, said feet extending outwardly in opposite directions from the reach parts and forming a support for the table when the latter is folded, and a table-top having a hook on the under side adapted to hook upon the joint between the crossing parts of one of said legs, the lower edge of the table-top when the hook engages the leg beingin horizontal alinement with said feet, to firmly support and hold the folded device in a vertical position on a floor or other support, as set forth.

9. A folding table, comprising a pair of crossed legs, each leg being provided with a lower cross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to said legs at or near the top thereof, said reach being made in parts pivotally connected at their lower ends, feet on said reach parts at the pivot and adapted to swing into supporting position when the parts are folded, and braces pivoted to the said lower cross-bars and to the lower ends of the reach parts at the pivot, the braces being made in sections pivotally connected with each other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON M. SNOOK.

Witnesses:

JOHN BossoN, E. FIDLER. 

